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The research on the distribution and forms of heavy metals in the **angjiang River sediments
In this paper, the contents and various forms of Cd, Cu, Zn and Pb in the sediments of the **angjiang River have been investigated. The presentation of this paper focuses on the various forms and characteristi...
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Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of Javanica rice
Difficulties frequently encountered using direct DNA transfer methods for transformation of Javanica varieties of rice (Oryza sativa L.) have limited the application of biotechnology to these varieties. We now re...
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The Measurement of Processivity Errors in Protein Synthesis
Processivity is a measure of the probability that a ribosome that has initiated translation of an mRNA will complete the corresponding protein. Accordingly, all errors causing abortive termination of a nascent...
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Comparative FTIR spectroscopic analysis of human breast benign and malignant tissues
Some remarkable FTlR spectral differences are observed and the differences at the molecular level are extracted between benign and malignant breast tissue samples. For the malignant tissue, the relative conten...
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FTIR assessment of the secondary structure of proteins in human breast benign and malignant tissues
The compositions of the secondary structures of protein in the human breast normal, hyperplasia, fibroadenoma and invasive ductal carcinoma tissues have been estimated from the Fourier self deconvolved spectra...
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The auditory motionaftereffect: Its tuning and specificity in the spatial and frequency domains
In this paper, the auditory motion aftereffect (aMAE) was studied, using real moving sound as both the adapting and the test stimulus. The sound was generated by a loudspeaker mounted on a robot arm that was a...
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Fluorescence in situ hybridization of single copy transgenes in rice chromosomes
Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) is a powerful tool for visualizing the chromosomal location of targeted sequences and has been applied in many areas, including karyoty**, breeding and characterization...
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The use of FISH in chromosomal localization of transgenes in rice
Chromosomal location and local chromatin structure are thought to play important roles in the stability of transgene expression. Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) is a cytogenetic technique that allows th...
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Screening cervical lesions with Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy
The screening results were reported based on the Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) analysis of the samples of exfoliated cervical cells from 354 women. Their spectra can be sorted into two types b...
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The use of FISH in chromosomal localization of transgenes in rice
Chromosomal location and local chromatin structure are thought to play important roles in the stability of transgene expression. Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) is a cytogenetic technique that allows th...
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Characterization of rice transformed via an Agrobacterium-mediated inflorescence approach
Rice inflorescences were inoculated with Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain LBA4404 carrying plasmid pJD4 with application of vacuum infiltration. After co-cultivation, callus was initiated and subjected to hygromy...
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From 1 dimension to N dimensions-fractal in automated cartographic generalization
Automated cartographic generalization has been an intensive research topic in cartography for decades. Some problems associated with this topic could be resolved to a certain extent using fractal analysis and ...
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Insulin-regulated hepatic gluconeogenesis through FOXO1–PGC-1α interaction
Hepatic gluconeogenesis is absolutely required for survival during prolonged fasting or starvation, but is inappropriately activated in diabetes mellitus. Glucocorticoids and glucagon have strong gluconeogenic...
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Methyltrimethoxysilane Sol-Gel Polymerization in Acidic Ethanol Solutions Studied by 29Si NMR Spectroscopy
29Si solution NMR has been used to study the acid-catalyzed polymerization of methyltrimethoxysilane (MTMS) in ethanol. The complex reaction pathways have been analyzed, and the general trends described. New int...
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Investigation of Polymerization and Cyclization of Dimethyldiethoxysilane by 29Si NMR and FTIR
Dimethyldiethoxysilane (DMDES) appears to be a very promising modifier to introduce functional groups to a silicate network. The polymerization and cyclization of DMDES under acid-catalyzed conditions (DMDES :...
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Effect of seismic retrofit of bridges on transportation networks
The objective of this research is to determine the effect earthquakes have on the performance of transportation network systems. To do this, bridge fragility curves, expressed as a function of peak ground acce...
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Crystal structure and mechanism of a bacterial fluorinating enzyme
Fluorine is the thirteenth most abundant element in the earth's crust, but fluoride concentrations in surface water are low and fluorinated metabolites are extremely rare1,2. The fluoride ion is a potent nucleoph...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Automated Runtime Validation of Software Architecture Design
The benefits of architecture description languages (ADLs) cannot be fully captured without a automated and validated realization of software architecture designs. In addition to the automated realization of so...
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Wza the translocon for E. coli capsular polysaccharides defines a new class of membrane protein
Many bacteria possess an external polysaccharide 'capsule' that helps them evade the host immune system and colonize surfaces. As a point of contact between host and pathogen, the capsule is a potential target...
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SUMO protease SENP1 induces isomerization of the scissile peptide bond
Small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO)-specific protease SENP1 processes SUMO-1, SUMO-2 and SUMO-3 to mature forms and deconjugates them from modified proteins. To establish the proteolytic mechanism, we determi...
